Source SDK Compile Errors

Question

I am making a Counter Strike mod and during compiling I am getting some errors:

Panel.cpp(715): error C2248: 'CInput::CVerifiedUserCmd' : cannot access private class declared in class 'CInput'
1>          \SDK\\game\\client\\input.h(238) : see declaration of 'CInput::CVerifiedUserCmd'
1>          \SDK\\game\\client\\input.h(39) : see declaration of 'CInput'

Line 715:

CInput::CVerifiedUserCmd* ver = NULL;

Declaration:

class CVerifiedUserCmd
{
public:
    CUserCmd    m_cmd;
    CRC32_t     m_crc;
};

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

You're probably trying to use a private inner class:

class A
{
   class B
   {
   };
};

Simply make the class public if you wish to use it outside:

class A
{
public:
   class B
   {
   };
};

EDIT:

If the class is private and it's part of a 3rd party lib, you're probably doing it wrong. Look for a different solution to your problem, it was made private for a reason.

Answer 2

Assuming that was your code put class

CVerifiedUserCmd

to public section of the outer class. Otherwise you cannot use CVerifiedUserCmd since it is private inner class.

Answer 3

You probably can't (unless you want to edit the engine itself) - look for a better solution to your problem. Basically, don't try to manually instantiate CInput::CVerifiedUserCmd .